Bare hand waxing on the car

[louis oxygen]

Hi guys did anyone of you bare hand waxing on the whole car?

[Mike Phillips]

Hi guys did anyone of you bare hand waxing on the whole car?

The answer is "no" and with a little time I can find the very detailed answer as to "why" that I posted about a decade ago on MOL


Worthy of a read.

[Mike Phillips]

Here you go...


waxing by hand


You can do it if you like and in fact by doing it at least once you can have a real-world opinion based on experience and then you can answer future questions like this when asked with your take on the topic.

[louis oxygen]

Thanks a lot Mr mike

[Jaretr1]

Pj from Dodo loves to use his fingers to apply a soft wax to paint. I'd say if you have soft skin and you like it, do it. Not sure there is any advantage as in Mikes article above. If your hands are rough, than naturally you risk putting scratches in your paint.

But do not use a microfiber applicator, use foam.

[LEDetailing]

I've seen MF gloves, I've foam mitts and foam finger applicators. Someone's needs to create foam glove applicator I don't follow Renny Doyle's advice (I should) but one other thing to consider. As Renny says, "If it's on you, it's in you." I don't think all waxes have "all natural" ingredients.

Mike's article/link pointed out one very cool benefit to hand applications wax, feeling particulates/debris between your hand and the paint. I recently was wetsanding out some orange peel (outdoors) and the wind blew some debris around. Some very light dust/sand blew on the damp paint and got between my paper and paint. Let's just say 2000 grit probably turned into 50-100 grit. I felt the sand roll across the paint and it was not a good feeling. Needless to say, I miss having a garage/shop to work in.

[dlc95]

I've tried it, and found it wastes a lot of product, and lays down way too thick a layer for my liking.

[custmsprty]

If you have a machine, IMHO, it's the only way to apply LSP's.

[WilliamCortez]

Here you go...


waxing by hand


You can do it if you like and in fact by doing it at least once you can have a real-world opinion based on experience and then you can answer future questions like this when asked with your take on the topic.

I agree with you.

No i don't do this.

[Klasse Act]

If you have a machine, IMHO, it's the only way to apply LSP's.

It is if you like picking up and putting down the machine many, many times when you have to add more LSP